by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897)
Translation Singable translation by Bruno Tutenberg (1887 - 1968)
Колыбельная песня
Language: Russian (Русский)
Спи, дитя моё, [усни]1! Сладкий сон к себе мани: В няньки я тебе взяла Ветер, солнце и орла. Улетел орёл домой; Солнце скрылось под водой: Ветер, после трех ночей, Мчится к матери своей. [Ветра спрашивает]2 мать: «Где изволил пропадать? Али звезды воевал? Али волны всё гонял?» «Не гонял я волн морских, Звезд не трогал золотых; Я дитя оберегал, Колыбелочку качал!» Спи, дитя моё, спи, усни! спи, усни! Сладкий сон к себе мани: В няньки я тебе взяла Ветер, солнце и орла.
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1 Tchaikovsky: "спи, усни! Спи, усни!" ("spi, usni! Spi, usni!")
2 Tchaikovsky: "Спрашивала ветра" ("Sprashivala vetra")
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1 Tchaikovsky: "спи, усни! Спи, усни!" ("spi, usni! Spi, usni!")
2 Tchaikovsky: "Спрашивала ветра" ("Sprashivala vetra")
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), "Колыбельная песня", written 1860, appears in Новогреческие песни (Novogrecheskije pesni), no. 1 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Nikolay Yakovlevich Afanasyev (1821 - 1898), "Колыбельная песня" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fyodor Stepanovich Akimenko (1876 - 1945), "Колыбельная песня", op. 1 (4 Romansa s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano (4 Романса с сопровождением фортепиано) = Vier Romanzen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 3, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Колыбельная песня", op. 16 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 1 (1872) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Sonja Van Lier) , "Wiegenlied", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Claycomb) (Peter Grunberg) , "Lullaby", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Berceuse", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bruno Tutenberg) , "Wiegenlied"
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 83
Wiegenlied
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Russian (Русский)
Schlaf, mein Kindelein! Schlafe ein, schlafe ein! Träume süße Träumelein: Dann behüten mir mein Kind Sonne, Adler und der Wind. Doch der Adler flog davon, und im Meer versank die Sonn'. Nach drei Nächten kehrt geschwind heim zur Mutter nun der Wind. Mutter fraget gleich den Wind: "Wo hast du getobt, mein Kind? Gegen Sterne dich gewagt? Wellen in dem Meer gejagt?" "Nein, ich jagte nicht das Meer, ließ in Ruh der Sterne Heer; doch ich schaukelte das Kind in der Wiege," sprach der Wind. Schlaf, mein Kindelein! Schlafe ein, schlafe ein! Träume süße Träumelein: Dann behüten mir mein Kind Sonne, Adler und der Wind.
From a Tchaikovsky score.
Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Bruno Tutenberg (1887 - 1968), "Wiegenlied" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), "Колыбельная песня", written 1860, appears in Новогреческие песни (Novogrecheskije pesni), no. 1
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2011-01-12
Line count: 20
Word count: 105